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What is the square root of pi?
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Posted on 12/08/2001 2:26:08 PM PST by ambrose

What is the square root of pi?



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To: ambrose
Ah, give us a hard one. Like...what is the square root of negative 1?
141 posted on 12/08/2001 4:30:06 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: Sabertooth
You are right. So it doesn't have to be a small sphere. Any size sphere will do.

Thanks for the correction. I stand enlightened!

142 posted on 12/08/2001 4:31:48 PM PST by samtheman
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To: Faraday
"Ah, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation...."

I was a born optimpenheimistic .... Life is always good.

143 posted on 12/08/2001 4:32:25 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE
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To: BADJOE
I think this was addressed above...imaginary number "i" is square root of negative one...I was told in math classes that imaginary number "i" is why planes can be made to fly...oh my g-d...scary thought.....Ghostkatz
144 posted on 12/08/2001 4:32:27 PM PST by ghostkatz
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To: Excuse_Me
To 1000 places:

I don't want you to ever get near my 'puter..

145 posted on 12/08/2001 4:32:45 PM PST by tubebender
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To: go star go
sweet potato pies are
146 posted on 12/08/2001 4:33:54 PM PST by whoever
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To: All
ok, i remeber now...
147 posted on 12/08/2001 4:35:33 PM PST by Waeismic
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To: DugwayDuke
Getting off the Pi subject for a moment:

One must wonder how long before the Libertarians here will insist that taking anyone's square root violates the Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Amendments....Suggesting Republicans, like Democrats have no problem violating rights of individuals for whatever reason as long as YOU or Republicans say it's OK?

The Republican fear of Libertarians here is astounding, especially when you consider there would likely be no elected Republicans without the libertarian vote...

149 posted on 12/08/2001 4:36:08 PM PST by lewislynn
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To: Faraday
A physical chemist. That explains everything. I guess a mathematician must be able to produce a proof anywhere so here goes:

OK, there are LOTS of reasons for this. Reason #1, the cardinality of the reals is the cardinality of the reals squared. Thus, since the surface of a sphere cannot be countable, it must be at least the cardinality of the reals.

Reason #2. Complex analysis. The complex numbers can be expressed as numbers on a plane (real and imaginary axes). The Riemann sphere is used in complex analysis by the projection that is in reason #3.

Reason #3. Put the south pole of a unit sphere on the origin of the plane. Consider a line segment between the north pole and the complex plane. That line segment intersects the sphere in one and only one place. In fact, rays eminating from the north pole that intersect the sphere, do so in only one point and also intersect the plane in only one point.

There are more reasons, but I would need LaTeX and this is, after all, a political forum.

150 posted on 12/08/2001 4:36:18 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: BADJOE
If negative numbers had no roots there would be no modern engineering of any sort.
151 posted on 12/08/2001 4:36:23 PM PST by DB
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To: Faraday; AmishDude
An irrational number is one that cannot be expressed as a quotient of two integers; the square root of two, for example, is irrational. An irrational number is called algebraic if it is the root of a polynomial with integer coefficients, as is the square root of two. A number which is not algebraic is called transcendental.
152 posted on 12/08/2001 4:36:41 PM PST by Aurelius
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To: AmishDude
I don't like cardinals. .... Will a bishop's rule do?
153 posted on 12/08/2001 4:37:21 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE
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To: AAABEST
Mmmmmmm, C'est de bon gout! Que c'est delicieux!
154 posted on 12/08/2001 4:38:01 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Aurelius
Where the heck were you when I was flunking basic algebra? :)

I sure could have used your help.

155 posted on 12/08/2001 4:38:41 PM PST by LibKill
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To: lewislynn
I thought the animal rights crowd got rid of dissection.
156 posted on 12/08/2001 4:38:59 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: ambrose
Has anyone ever heard of a googleplex?
157 posted on 12/08/2001 4:40:23 PM PST by Bill Rice
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To: ChadGore
Square root of pi. NOT the answer to the question....THE ULTIMATE question...of Life, etc.
158 posted on 12/08/2001 4:41:32 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: ambrose
A truncated answer, 1.772 multiplied by 25.4 (the conversion factor for inch to mm) = 45mm, for what it's worth.
159 posted on 12/08/2001 4:42:24 PM PST by CWRWinger
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To: Aurelius
Yeah, that too. I just figured anyone who cared, knew.

Boy was I wrong.

160 posted on 12/08/2001 4:42:38 PM PST by AmishDude
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